Greetings! We begin a new twelve-year cycle with the Earth Mouse. It
continues to be terribly hard on the Tibetan people in Tibet, so much so
they felt compelled to stand up at risk of life and limb to show the world
how unhappy they are about being colonized. Their colonizers are the
equally unhappy Chinese who have been pushed up onto the nearly three
mile high plateau as either soldiers or settlers, by an unrealistic government
stuck on immoral, wasteful and destructive policies. They also feel like exiles
far from home, forced to live on less than half the oxygen they need for their
health, uneasily surrounded by the impoverished and oppressed Tibetans.

This tour is simultaneously an effort to expand Tibet House‘s
membership and launch the campaign to seed and support moreTibet
Houses around the world. The change I suggest and expect from
China, whoever makes it happen, will ripple around the world, saving
Tibet and its culture and then effecting positive change in Xinqiang
(Uighuria), Inner Mongolia, North Korea, Burma, Nepal, Sri Lanka,
Pakistan, Darfur,and other parts of Africa, and of course here in the
USA; in short everywhere that China’s interests must interact with
those of others.

At Tibet House we are more than ever inspired to respond to His Holiness
the Dalai Lama’s appeal for help to stop what he calls the ”cultural
genocide” of the Tibetan people. After all, our mission is to preserve and
promote Tibetan culture, so when it is so deeply threatened – by the
Chinese colonization attempt in Tibet, their waging something almost like
a second “cultural revolution” against the Tibetan identity, against the
Tibetan Buddhist Dharma, against the Tibetan’s love of their lamas and
their concern for their land – then we must expand and intensify our
activity. We have done well to keep the reality and beauty of Tibet before
the eyes of the world, but now we need to do more.

Meanwhile, by the generosity of our donors and under Nena
Thurman’s management, we have begun building our Menla Healing
Center, which facility will enable Menla to promote the spiritual and
physical healing of suffering people within the matrix of the
Medicine Buddha’s Tibetan Healing tradition.

I put aside study, publication, and exhibition work, to write the book, Why
The Dalai Lama Matters, to elucidate His Holiness’ breathtaking vision of a
solution to the terrible problem faced by the Tibetan people and the
Chinese leadership. The hope his vision kindles empowers Tibet House’s
nonviolent answer to the “cultural genocide” within Tibet and to see to it
that there are more destinations in more cities around the world, more
cultural embassies to represent the Tibetan national identity. We need your
help, dear members, to keep this going. Now is the time of greatest pressure
on Tibet – may it be the darkness before the dawn.
In March, theTibetan people’s spontaneous demonstrations across all of the
Tibetan areas of China filled me with awe and admiration. Everyone was
totally taken by surprise when they stood up –just couldn’t take it any more
– and vocally and visibly protested the Chinese occupation and oppression.
In the face of Chinese deception and shrill propaganda, Tibetans showed
the world the dismal failure of China’s sixty years of occupation of their
homeland. They proved that what the Chinese propaganda machine calls
“the Dalai clique” is none other than all six million Tibetan people! Of
course, the brutal crackdown being enforced right now by the “Peoples’
Armed Police” is one more mass atrocity, beyond anything since the late
80’s. This is why no one outside Tibet ever encourages any Tibetans in Tibet
to make any sort of protest – their lives and careers are ruined for even a
single act of nonviolent protest.

We are publishing more books in our Tengyur Treasury Series in
collaboration with the American Institute of Buddhist Studies and
Columbia University Press; very soonVesnaWallace’s KalachakraTantra:
The Performance Chapter with its Stainless Light Commentary, Saraha’s Songs of
Enlightenment, Maitreyanatha’s Analysis of the Middle and the Extremes, three
volumes of Tsong Khapa’s works on the Creation and Perfection Stages of
Unexcelled Yoga Tantra, Dominique Townsend’s How to Be a Bodhisattva
(Shantideva for Kids), A Shrine for Tibet: The Alice C. Kandell Collection,
and our first novel, Snow Buddha: The Miraculous Life of Tsangyang Gyatso
(the Sixth Dalai Lama).
Our Repatriation collection keeps on growing, this cycle with especial
thanks to Phillip Rudko, Michael McCormick, and John Rezk for
their generous gifts.
Finally, we are still planning for His Holiness’ next visit, May 4-6,
2009, when he will represent his chosen lineage of the “Seventeen
Great Spiritual Teachers of Nalanda University,” by teaching
Chandrakirti’s Introduction to the Middle Way, a wonderful teaching of
the ten transcendent virtues; generosity, justice, tolerance, creativity,
contemplation, wisdom, art, vows, good will, and transcendent
intuition. This brilliant text is foundational to the advanced study
and practice of all Tibetan Buddhist traditions.
As usual and more than ever, I thank and celebrate our generous Board
Members and all our staff at THUS Cultural Center and at Menla
Mountain Retreat for doing their usual great job, and of course, I
thank all of you, dear members – your support for the precious
Tibetan culture is key. Please invite your friends to join to expand
our community. With all good wishes and the blessings of buddhas,
bodhisattvas, gods, and angels,

I appeal in my book to President Hu Jintao to seize this opportunity to
make a historic turnaround and embrace the Dalai Lama as his friend and
ally, and even benefactor, since only His Holiness has the power to solve this
situation by satisfying both the Chinese and the Tibetans. But so far,
tragically, Hu has not yet removed Zhang Qingli, the hardline cultural
revolutionary party boss in Tibet who has caused all this recent turmoil by
provocatively attacking everything the Tibetans hold most dear and sacred.

Sincerely yours,

So I have been traveling the country to spread the message that there is a
Win-Win for Tibet and China, that China will gain from it, not lose. It is
therefore realistic to expect Tibet to once again be free, while maintaining
a positive federal relationship with China (see www.dalailamamatters.com).

Robert A. F. “Tenzin Chotrak”Thurman

With unswerving gratitude for all your support and creative efforts,
we remain.

Ray Davies, Sufjan Stevens and Band of Horses stole the show at the
2008 Tibet House benefit concert, held last night (Feb. 13) at New
York’s Carnegie Hall.
Davies, showing no fatigue from having arrived in New York from
London at 4:30 am that day, brought down the house with sing-along renditions of the Kinks’ “Lola” and “All Day and All of the
Night.” The latter featured contributions from all of the evening’s
performers.

greatest hits of the last 300 years,” he told the crowd.
Band of Horses filled the hall with Ben Bridwell’s soaring vocals on
“No One’ Gonna Love You” and “Lamb on the Lam (In the City).”
The group, which plays Brooklyn’s Masonic Temple tonight, also
covered Keith Richards solo track, “Act Together.”

The Tibet House bill was rounded out by a quick set from Tom
Verlaine (backed by Patti Smith bassist Tony Shanahan and drummer
Jay Dee Daugherty), Brazilian singer/songwriter Marisa Monte,
Davies also played two newer songs from his solo catalog, “They Ain’t fiddler Ashley MacIsaac, harpist Phamie Gow and Tibetan composer
Gonna Listen To Me” (about being shot in New Orleans) and “In a Nawang Khechog, who is now recovered from serious injuries suffered
Moment,” and added a brief a cappella rendition of the Kinks’ in a car accident.
“Days.”
Philip Glass served as the artistic director for the event, which raises
Flanked by a 5-piece horn section and a string quartet, Stevens played funds to preserve and restore Tibet’s unique cultural and spiritual
a new, unreleased song, “Barn Owl, Night Killer,” as well as a radically heritage.
rearranged version of the “Star Spangled Banner.” “It’s one of the

Auction fans, prepare yourselves as Tibet House is gearing up for
another benefit auction at Christie’s, which will be held on Monday,
December 1st. Last year was such a big success in raising much
needed funds for our on-going projects, we have decided to hold
another one this year!
To date, our Honorary Chair Committee includes:
Christy Turlington Burns & Ed Burns, Sharon Gannon & David
Life, Donna Karan, Yoko Ono Lennon, Petra Nemcova, Martin
Scorsese, Kiran Stordalen & Horst Rechelbacher, Trudie Styler &
Sting, Uma Thurman, Fortuna Valentino, and Arden Wohl.
We have acquired a number of exciting donations including:
original art pieces from Donald Baechler and Pat Steir; an exotic
Geographic Expeditions Asian adventure for two, lunch at a worldclass restaurant with Uma and Bob Thurman, a fashion shoot
extravaganza with a top model and photographer, a fabulous
vacation to India and Bhutan staying at the Taj Hotels, a $20K
shopping spree at Donna Karan, and a walk-on-part on a major
motion picture…..and this is only the beginning! There will be
many more items to bid on in the areas of contemporary or Asian
art, photography, antique furniture, fine jewelry and accessories,
vacation trips, tickets or invitations to special events, and other rare
gift items.

The proceeds from our past auctions were a major source of
support for the many important projects and programs at Tibet
House. In addition, we donate a percentage of the proceeds of the
auction to other non-profit organizations.This year we have pledged
a portion of the proceeds to the Tibetan Community of NY & NJ,
Ghar Sita Mutu (see page 6) and to the Pema Ts'al schools in India
and Nepal. The Pema Ts’al schools provide a place where Tibetan
children can study the Buddhist teachings as well as a comprehensive
Western curriculum. The schools also accept blind students who
are educated using the recently invented system of Tibetan Braille.
If you haven’t attended our auctions in the past, we hope you can
join us this year as this event is fun and exciting, and you will be sure
to find some unique, beautiful and interesting items (and many
times at a great bargain!) to take home with you or to give as a
holiday gift. For those of you have attended our auctions in the
past, we are looking forward to another great year and as always
you will be able to bid on those one-of-kind items! See you there!
Tickets prices are: $225 per person; $500 VIP tickets (includes a
preview and private reception); $175 for Junior tickets (under 35
yrs.). Tickets can be purchased by calling (212) 631-3531. For
more information please contact Lynn Schauwecker at
lynn@tibethouse.org or call (845) 688-6897 (ext. 7523).

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His Holiness XVII Kar mapa
Visits Tibet House
On May 18th of this year, Tibet House was honored to receive His
Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa (Ogyen Trinley Dorje) of
the Kagyu Order of Tibetan Buddhism. His Holiness was on an
historic first tour (or second if you count his previous incarnation
as Tibetans do) of the US from March 15th to June 2nd to visit
Kagyu Dharma centers, tour Tibetan NGOs, and to visit the
country, generally, giving teachings, bestowing blessings, and
engaging in dialogues and public talks.
Here at Tibet House he toured the center before a short discussion
with President Robert Thurman on Tibetan Buddhism and cultural
values, concluding with a question and answer session with the
assembled crowd of Tibet House Board Members, longtime
Patrons, Members, and Friends of the institution. In response to
a question about His Holiness’ ideas for what the various Tibet
Houses should be working on He replied that they should focus on
presenting those aspects of Tibetan Buddhism and culture that
would bring the maximum benefit to the people of that host country
– an interesting point highlighting the subtle value and consequence
of the individual in the larger context of so-called “world affairs...”
The session was taped and will be available at www.kagyuoffice.org
which contains a complete chronicle of the Karmapa incarnations
and the Kagyu Order from its distant roots in the time of the
historical Buddha Sakyamuni to the present.
Briefly, this Karmapa has been residing in exile in Dharamsala, India
since his widely reported escape from China in 2000. The exile is
noteworthy, and emblematic of the Tibetan Diaspora and Issue,
generally, not only because of His status as one of the 3 most
important and revered Tibetan Buddhist reincarnated teacher’s
lineages (H.H. the Dalai Lama and H.H. the Panchen Lama being

Robert Thurman and H.H. XVII Karmapa. Photo by Annette Uhlfelder.

the other two..), but mainly because the 16 previous incarnations
of the Karmapa lived, studied, practiced, and taught Buddhism in
Tibet since 1110…
This Karmapa was the son of a nomad, born in the Lhathok
region of Kham in 1985. He was discovered and then recognized,
in 1992, as the reincarnation of the previous Karmapa. Before
His escape from His Chinese minders, He received His education,
religious and secular, in Tsurphu, Tibet.
We thank His Holiness for His gracious attention and wish Him
well in all His endeavors!

Special Message from the President of Tibet House
His Holiness the Dalai Lama is deeply concerned with the
ongoing “cultural genocide” in Tibet (his “Tibet” means “Tibet
Autonomous Region and all 11 “Tibet Autonomous Prefectures,”
which are home to two thirds of the Tibetans). The Chinese
Communist Party’s Fourth Work Forum in 1993 proclaimed that
Tibetan Buddhism, the matrix of the culture, was seditious
(“splittist”), since it supports Tibetans’ allegiance to the Dalai
Lama and other lamas, and causes Tibetans to identify themselves
as Tibetans and not as Chinese. This rationale was used to justify
the new wave of “cultural revolution,” anti-Dalai-Lama rhetoric,
persecution of Buddhism, “patriotic re-education,” etc., that
ultimately caused the uprising of March 2008.

environment, and economy, as well as sciences, philosophies,
medicine traditions, and ethics, in addition to religious and secular
arts. At present, well-established Tibet Houses (listed in order of
founding) are thriving in New Delhi, New York, Mexico City,
Barcelona, San Jose, Costa Rica, London, Tokyo, Canossa, and
Frankfurt. There are organized Tibet House Foundations in
Switzerland and Hungary, and serious movements in Moscow,
Berlin, and Toronto. We list some of these in our directory below,
and in future issues, we will offer a section for news from the
network. We would like to see and stand ready to assist Tibet
House movements in Paris, Amsterdam, Sao Paolo, Los Angeles,
and Sydney.

Since the Tibet House mandate is to preserve, promote, and
restore Tibetan culture, we must work harder to withstand this
openly proclaimed cultural destruction program of the PRC
government. And so...

2)We are working to expand our array of publications in all media
and various languages, in-house and traveling exhibitions, and
sponsorship of research into the benefits of Tibetan arts and
sciences for all people, in cooperation with educational and
cultural institutions in host countries.

1) We are working to expand the worldwide network of Tibet
Houses, creating cultural embassy destinations in major cities
where authentic presentations of Tibetan cultural manifestations
can be presented to the general public. These cultural embassies are
crucial in representing the Tibetan people as bearers of a unique
culture, since they are not recognized politically as a distinct
people. Their presentations inevitably include Tibetan history,

3) Although our mission is specifically non-political, we will
continue to find ways to support the work of other Tibet Support
Groups mainly concerned with political activism and economic
support of refugees, since ALL the Tibetan issues are necessarily
inter-related as are the solutions to those same issues.

Children with Beverly Bronson at Ghar Sita Mutu.

Ghar Sita Mutu - House with a Heart
(2008 Tibet House Auction Co-Beneficiary)
Nine years ago, after offering her NewYork apartment to a visiting
Lama, Beverly Bronson’s life changed forever. The Lama, a friend of
her teacher Gehlek Rimpoche, told her about the dire situation for
children in Nepal and in 1999 she went to volunteer at his centre
in Kathmandu. Today she is mother to 16 abandoned children and
founder/director of Ghar Sita Mutu - House with a Heart.

After an initial fund raising party and a long-term commitment
from two friends, Noel Faulkner and Dr. Mark Rogers, she
returned to Nepal and rented a house. In 2001 she opened Ghar
Sita Mutu - House with a Heart - a home for abandoned children,
a training center for impoverished women, and an outreach
program for needy families in Kathmandu, Nepal.

How did this happen? After five months working at the
Himalayan Healing Centre she returned to New York and the
following year made a second trip. This was when she found two
brothers, Babu aged 2 and Krishna 5, huddling together outside
their tin hut abandoned by their mother.

In 2004 a house and land were purchased with the help of
generous friends to provide a permanent home for the
organization. Major renovations were made to house up to 25
children and four staff members and provide space for an
education center serving neighborhood women and children.

“I was shocked by the poverty and the plight of the women,”
Beverly said. “How desperate must a mother be to abandon her
children?”

Every year since its inception, Ghar Sita Mutu has expanded its
reach into the community, serving more people than the previous
year. Some of the programs offered include:

Unable to find anyone to care for the two boys, Beverly became
their guardian and admitted them into a bleak, overcrowded hostel
attached to a small school. The boys did not thrive and Beverly
began to dream about providing a home for them and other
abandoned children that would also support and train destitute
women.

Women’s Training Program: Free sewing, felt making, candle
making, and literacy are taught to local women, who in turn are
making items to sell, including sari bags, felt puppets, purses and
wall hangings. Several women have been given sewing machines to
open their own small businesses, and some of them are now
supporting their families by making and selling candles locally.

“A single mother myself, I knew how hard it was to cope raising a
child alone, but I was educated and able to work, unlike the women
in Nepal. I came up with a plan to care for orphaned and
abandoned children and at the same time help train and educate
needy women”.

Many women don’t have time to take the classes because of their
need to work, so they are paid to take classes five days per week
with the goal of making the women self-sufficient. The felt
making classes were made possible last year by a grant from the
Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation.
continued on page 14

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Tibet House Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 12pm - 6pm or by appointment.

G A L L E RY E X H I B I T

Lungta, acrylic on canvas, 2005.

Summer 2008
The Healing Art of Tibet
Paintings by Rabkar Wangchuk
Rabkar Wangchuk’s goal in his painting is to bestow happiness
at first sight and to realize and awaken a positive mind. The
paintings fuse modern art with traditional Tibetan art by
evoking healing from within, shifting the viewer’s attention
from worldly activity to reality, allowing the flow of nature’s
intelligence throughout the body to receive peace, harmony
and happiness. Rabkar Wangchuk, former monk and artist
trained in tangka painting as well as other forms of traditional
Tibetan Buddhist art, served as lead visual artist for nine years
at the Tibetan Institute for Performing Arts (TIPA) in his
birthplace of Dharamsala.

Tangka of Yellow Hat Lama, 15th century, Gift of John Rezk.

September 2008
The Repatriation Collection
Selected works from the Collection
An important part of the Tibet House mandate from His
Holiness the Dalai Lama is to create a museum with diverse
examples of Tibetan art. The Repatriation Collection was
started in 1992 and now holds close to 1,000 works
including paintings, sculpture and artifacts dating back to
the 12th century.

2008 Art of Freedom Award presented to Muriel & Jack Zimmerman - March 13, 2008
Tibet House established the Art of Freedom Award in 1998
to recognize individuals for their outstanding contribution
towards the Tibetan cause. The first three awards were
presented in 1998 by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Melissa
Mathison Ford, the late Roy Lichtenstein, and Jean-Jacques
Annaud. In 1999 recipients were Patti Smith and Michael
Stipe; in 2000 Philip Glass and Marylin Rhie, and in 2001
Natalie Merchant. Tibet House is honored to present the
2008 Art of Freedom Award to Muriel & Jack Zimmerman
for their generous support of the organization and the
Collection and to Lynne & Marc Benioff for their generous
support and service over the years.

The Zimmerman family’s support of Tibet House dates
back to the 1991 exhibition Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred
Art of Tibet, which debuted at the Asian Art Museum of San
Francisco and traveled to New York, London, Bonn,
Barcelona and venues in Japan and Taiwan. They also were
contributors to the exhibition Mandala: The Architecture of
Enlightenment, organized by Tibet House and the Asia Society,
as well as numerous exhibitions which have been on view at
the Tibet House Gallery since its opening in 1998. See
photo on opposite page.

TIONS

Hunter, oil on canvas, 2005.

Detail of Blue Iris by Dugu Choegyal Rinpoche.

November 2008
Dugu Choegyal Rinpoche
Tibet House presents the paintings of Dugu Choegyal
Rinpoche. His remarkable work ranges both stylistically and
thematically from traditional tangkas, visionary landscapes,
reinterpretations of religious themes, large abstractions and
historical and mystical themes.
Dugu Choegyal Rinpoche comes from a long lineage of
Tibetan yogi painters. He is one of the few Tibetan painters
who works in both traditional and contemporary themes.

February 2009
Zorikto
The work of Zorikto Dorzhiev, born in Ulan Ude, Siberia,
has been shown in Taiwan, the U.S. and in numerous
exhibitions in Russia. His work is in private collections in
Russia, the U.S., Germany and Australia. Zorikto studied
at the Buryat Republican College of Arts, Ulan-Ude, the
Krasnoyarsk State Institute of Arts and the Russian Academy
of Arts (the Urals, Siberia and the Far East ranch). Below is
an excerpt from an interview with the artist:
Where do ideas and images come from?
They are in the air, floating as radio waves. You can catch
them if you tune your receiver. Everybody has a wave, you
only have to find it. Some people find a wrong one and feel the
draught. It seems to me that subjects of artworks come to me
from childhood. As a child, I spent lots of time in the village.
Game fights, self-made bows and arrowsâ&#x20AC;Ś
Why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you use bright colors?
Bright color is very emotional. Light colors are too logical. I want
to speak in a low voice if not a whisper. It is easier to listen to.

The Zimmerman family with Nena and Robert Thurman after receiving
the Art of Freedom award. Photo by Annette Uhlfelder.

Why is the image of a nomad so attractive to you?
For me a nomad is a contemplator. He is neither a tourist, looking
for new impressions, nor an adventurer. He is an artist, a poet, a
philosopher. He is probably a lonely person because it is easier to
think in solitude.With whom to share his thoughts and revelations?
Eventually traveling around the steppe he will come across other
nomads.

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P RO G R A M S W I T H T
Location for all events

Tibet House U.S.
22 West 15th Street
Please register through the New York Open Center (NYOC)
via 212 219 2527 x200

Module I
Essence of the Heart Sutra: Freedom, the Womb of Compassion
Robert A.F. Thurman, PhD
The Heart Sutra contains the most direct teachings about the true nature
of our being that lie at the heart of all Buddhist wisdom. Robert
Thurman will discuss the meaning of shunyata (voidness or freedom),
dispel common misperceptions about it, and show how understanding it
opens the heart of compassion in our daily lives.
Recommended texts: Heart of Wisdom (H.H. the Dalai Lama); Essential
Tibetan Buddhism (Robert Thurman); Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Lines (E.
Conze)
Full Module (2 sessions)
Wednesdays, September 10 & 17, 7–9pm
Registration #08FSB01T
$45 (Members $40)
Individual prices for evening talks at Tibet House: $25 (cash) at door
only, as space permits.

Module II
Kindness
Sharon Salzberg
Kindness can manifest as compassion, generosity, paying attention; it can
be offered to ourselves, to friends, to strangers, to all of life. It can bring
joy, and it can be exceptionally hard. Sharon Salzberg draws from her
new book, The Kindness Handbook, to share stories, poems and teachings,
and lead meditation exercises and discussions, all pointing to the power
and grace of kindness.
Note: Suitable for all levels from experienced to beginners.
Full Module (3 sessions)
Tuesday, October 7, Wednesday, October 8, &
Thursday, October 9, 7–9pm
Registration # 08FSB03S
$70 (Members $60)
Individual prices for evening talks at Tibet House: $25 (cash) at door
only, as space permits.

Module III
The Modern Science of Ancient Wisdom: Therapeutic Applications for
Real Life Stress, from Daily Life to Disaster
Nancy Black, MD, Deirdre Barrett, PhD, William Bushell, PhD, Ken
Kamler, MD, Joseph Loizzo, MD, PhD, U Kyaw Myaing, Erin Olivo,
PhD, MPH, Phagyab Rinpoche, Granis Stewart, RN
Full Module (5 sessions)
Thursdays, October 16, 23, 30, November 6, 20, 7–9pm
Western medical science is beginning to understand the enormous
potential of ancient mind-body practices such as meditation and yoga to
reduce stress and enhance innate healing capacities. This program
features teachers with deep experience in both modern medicine and
ancient wisdom and will explore how to best use ancient practices to deal
with the extraordinary stress resulting from crises and disasters.

Session I:
Introduction and Overview
William Bushell, PhD
A broad and in-depth overview of the basic science and cross cultural
data on the powerful anti-stress and anti-inflammatory properties, and
the wide range of other health-enhancing effects of yogic and meditative
practices will be offered by this highly experienced MIT and Tibet
House-affiliated medical anthropologist.
Thursday, October 16, 7–9pm
Registration #08FSB07M
Session II:
Using Meditation, Yoga, Dream, and Trance Imagery
in Stress-related Disorders
Nancy Black, MD, and Deirdre Barrett, PhD
Two therapists, an army psychiatrist and a Harvard psychologist, each
with a great deal of experience helping a wide range of patients,
including many directly affected by the wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan,
and Iraq, as well as with more typical forms of daily stress, offer
scientific and practical perspectives on the subject.
Thursday, October 23, 7–9pm
Registration #08FSB11M
Session III:
Using Meditation, Yoga, and Other Techniques
to Assist the Healing of Physical Challenges
Erin Olivo, PhD, MPH, Ken Kamler, MD, and Granis Stewart, RN
Dr. Olivo has pioneered the use of meditative techniques to help cardiac
patients and has worked with survivors of 9/11 and Katrina; Dr. Kamler
is a leading surgeon with extensive experience practicing healing in
extreme contexts, from Everest to the Amazon; and Granis Stewart, RN,
with extensive experience in respiratory, emergency, and mental health
medicine, is an expert in breath control practices and meditation.
Thursday, October 30, 7–9pm
Registration #08FSB13M
Session IV:
Using Meditative and Yogic Practices for Psychological and Physical
Challenges
Traditional Perspectives From Tibet and Burma
Phagyab Rinpoche and U Kyaw Myaing
In this special session, we have the great fortune to learn from highly
advanced practitioners of traditional healing arts: Phagyab Rinpoche,
who has employed traditional Tibetan meditative and yogic techniques to
heal those injured during refugee flight and political persecution; and U
Kyaw Myaing, an expert on Burmese meditative healing practices.
Thursday, November 6, 7–9pm
Registration #08FSB15M
Session V: November 20
Review and Conclusions
Joseph Loizzo, MD, PhD
Dr. Loizzo, a pioneering integrative psychiatrist and advanced scholar in
Tibetan Studies and Buddhism, will offer a summary and further
analysis, and lead a discussion of points from the previous sessions.
Thursday, November 20, 7–9pm
Registration #08FSB17M
Full Module (5 sessions)
Thursdays, October 16, 23, 30, November 6, 20, 7–9pm
Note: No class on November 13

Module IV
The “Tibetan Book of Natural Liberation Through Learning in the
Between,” the so-called “Book of the Dead.’
Robert A.F. Thurman, PhD
Professor Thurman explores teachings on the “between” (bardo) realms,
as a way to gain an understanding of Tantra and to help us in the process
of dealing with our own death and that of others.
Recommended reading: Tibetan Book of the Dead (transl. Robert Thurman);
Natural Liberation (Sounds True tape); The Book of Living and Dying (Sogyal
Rinpoche); Mind Beyond Death (Ponlop Rinpoche)
Full Module (4 sessions)
Wednesdays, October 29, November 5, 12, 19, 7–9pm
Registration #08FSB18T
$90 (Members $80)
Individual prices for evening talks at Tibet House: $25 (cash) at door
only, as space permits.

Module V
Healing Chöd
Rigdzin Dorje Rinpoche
Healing Chöd is a ritual derived from a thousand-year-old practice that
the late, deeply revered Kunzang Dechen Lingpa Rinpoche revealed. As
per his final wishes, Kunzang’s son and spiritual heir will lead monks and
nuns of the Zangdokpalri community in this three-session healing in
which participants lie down on the floor and absorb healing songs
designed to pacify physical, emotional and spiritual discord. There is no
text-study or talk, but an optional explanatory lecture will be offered.
Note: Chöd must be taken as a whole; no individual evenings; preregistration encouraged. Chöd ends with a traditional tsok feast.
A Three-Evening Ceremony
Monday, November 10, Tuesday, November 11, Wednesday, November
13, 7–9:30pm
Registration #08FSB89T
$195 - No Member Discount

Other Events and Weekend Workshops:
Stress
Mark Epstein, MD, Sharon Salzberg & Robert A.F. Thurman, PhD
Buddhist inner scientists have been discussing stress for 2500 years. This
evening explores the Buddhist diagnosis and treatment of stress. Methods of
relief will be taught, but we will focus on the deeper Buddhist view: that it is
possible to adopt a completely different stance toward change, one in which
we no longer set ourselves up in opposition to the rest of the universe.
An Evening Lecture
Friday, September 26, 7–9pm
Registration #08FSB52M
$35 (Members $30)
Mindfulness
Mark Epstein, MD, Sharon Salzberg & Robert A.F. Thurman, PhD
Today we will focus on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, the root
practices of Buddhist meditation. Mindfulness, moment-to-moment
attention, is a capacity we all have but most of us rarely use. One of
Buddha’s great contributions to the field of mental health was to assert
that mindfulness could be harnessed to uncover the spiritual dimension
of experience. Today will provide a rare opportunity for training in the

application of mindfulness with Bob, Sharon and Mark.
One-Day Workshop
Saturday, September 27, 10am–5pm
Registration #08FSB53S
$130 (Members $120)
Contemporary Urban Householder Practice
Edizen Archer
Drawing from the 8th century classic, the Bhavanakrama, we will explore
how meditation can be incorporated into our urban lifestyles to bring
authentic presence and mindfulness to everyday life. We will receive
meditation instruction and discuss the purpose of meditation in the
context of current social realities, including such topics as shopping,
nutrition, mass consumption, and the concept of 'green meditation.'
An Evening Lecture
Friday, October 3, 7–9pm
Registration #08FSB64P
Nonmembers: $20 / Members: $18
A One-Day Workshop
Saturday, October 4, 10am–5pm
Registration #08FSB19S
$130 (Members $120)
Mindfulness Meditation: Popular, Professional, and Practical
Miles Neale, PsyD, Erin Olivo, PhD, and Ingrid Kemperman MD
Mindfulness meditation has received enormous attention recently both in
popular and professional circles. Today, a group of highly experienced
mindfulness-oriented therapists discuss their clinical applications of
mindfulness and examine current research findings. The workshop will
include discussion and meditation practice.
A One-Day Workshop
Sunday, October 5th, 10am–5pm
Registration # 08FSB04S
$130 (Members $120)
Why the Dalai Lama Matters Talk & Booksigning
Robert A.F. Thurman, PhD
In writing his latest book, Why the Dalai Lama Matters, Robert Thurman set
out to present this beloved 'leader of world leaders' to the public by
answering three important questions: Who is the Dalai Lama and why
does everyone love him when they meet him, even those who think they
won't? What would it take on China's part to bring about a peaceful
resolution to the dire situation in Tibet? What could a free, restored
Tibet—as an autonomous region within China—look like and what
would it mean to Tibetans, to China and to the world? In this evening
talk, Professor Thurman will discuss these questions and reflect on recent
developments in Tibet. Book signing to follow Robert Thurman’s talk.
Thursday, December 4, 7–9pm
Registration # 08FSB64P
$10 (Members $9)
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non-members once per catalog season (3 per year). It is nonrefundable and applies only to full day workshops and ongoing
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M E N L A P RO G R A M
Embody The Spirit of Woman with Jill Pettijohn & Colleen Saidman Yee
You are invited to join us in our second all women’s retreat, held in
the beautiful Catskills at the Menla Mountain Retreat.
Two amazing Women, Colleen Saidman Yee and Jill Pettijohn, will
be combining their extraordinary skills to make this a truly
transformative experience. A chance to cleanse, rejuvenate, and
practice.
Colleen Saidman, a remarkable woman and amazing yoga teacher
from Yoga Shanti in Sag Harbor, NY will be teaching yoga (twice
daily), meditation and pranayama. Jill Pettijohn will be
complimenting this experience with her expert culinary skills by
offering delicious and nutritious foods for the duration. Jill is the
owner of Jill’s Vegan Café in Brooklyn, NY.

Colleen Saidman Yee

Together Colleen and Jill are bringing you a rare and unique
opportunity for you to transform your life. To enhance this already
potent combination there will be sweat lodge, body workers,
astrologers, and more.
Come and absorb the silence and enjoy the magic of this Buddhist
sanctuary. Join hands, laugh, practice and indulge in great food in
this feminine journey of transformation… go home clear, relaxed,
rejuvenated, and alert.
The quaint village of Woodstock is close by for a little retail therapy
or entertainment if you are missing the urban lifestyle.
Thursday, September 18 - Sunday, September 21
Tuition: $500
Please call (845) 688-6897 ext. 7513 for commuter and
accommodation rates and to register.

Jill Pettijohn

G H A R S I TA M U T U

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Children’s Learning Center: A pilot program, started in 2007,
provides daily classes to 26 children who are not able to afford school,
with the goal of eventually providing scholarships for them to attend
a formal school.
Children’s Saturday Arts Program: Free dancing and drawing classes
are provided on Saturdays for up to 100 local children, who also enjoy
our lending library – the only one in the area. Most of these children
do not own any books or toys.
Family Outreach Program: Emergency help is provided to families in
need, as well as more formal programs, including the Goat Project,
which provides a goat to a family to raise and breed, helping them
raise their standard of living.
“The two hardest things are turning children away – and fund
raising”, Beverly said recently. “We do have room to build another

house and take extra children but it is so difficult raising the money
to support and educate them. We are hoping that the sale of the felt
products will enable us to continue running the training programs,
and hope that one day we will receive a grant to expand our programs
and provide a home for more children. I am most grateful to all the
people who have donated money in the past, and also to Philip Glass
and the Candy Jernigan Foundation for the Arts for being our fiscal
sponsor”.
Born and raised in England, Beverly Bronson is a writer/set designer
and owner of A Repeat Performance, a small, but well-known antique
shop, in the East Village. Today she juggles two worlds spending half
her time in Nepal and the other half in New York, raising money for
orphaned children and destitute women.
www.gharsitamutu.com

S PA AT M E N L A
Tibet House is pleased to announce the
construction of an elegant two-story 3,000 squarefoot spa facility at Menla Mountain. Expected to
open in early 2009, the spa will overlook the
swimming pool at the heart of the estate and will be
powered by state-of-the-art solar and geothermal
systems. This new construction marks a major
turning point as Menla evolves into a full-fledged
healing center and spa where Tibetan and Western
doctors and practitioners of proven holistic healing
modalities will come together to share knowledge
and offer a variety of one to two-week detox and
other healing treatment programs to the public.

Architectural rendering of new spa building.

Construction is underway of the new Menla spa building.

Guests will enter a spacious entrance hall where they
can register for treatments at the reception desk,
relax by fireside with a book or fresh juice from the
full juice bar, purchase products in the health and
wellness retail shop, or amble over to the pool for a
swim. Inside, guests will find men’s and women’s spa
rooms, replete with far-infrared saunas, steam
rooms, Japanese O-furo soaking baths, and showers.
After enjoying their hydrotherapy sessions, guests
can recline in a beautiful cool-down room before
going into one of our eight treatment rooms
(including a couples’ room) for a variety of massage
and bodywork treatments. Special colonics rooms
will provide the focal point for deep detox
treatments. Guests will also enjoy a central gallery
with art related to Tibetan medicine and be able to
sit peacefully in the large meditation hall upstairs.
A 320-acre magical valley surrounded by spectacular
mountainous state land, Menla will be a unique
healing center and spa within the industry, both in
terms of theTibetan elements and in terms of its very
special natural environment. Menla is a recognized
Audubon important bird area and has numerous
hiking trails, streams, and wild animals. It also has a
freshwater pond, a fitness center, and tennis courts.
With the new spa building as the centerpoint of an
already breathtaking and powerful natural setting,
Menla will offer the perfect context for individual and
collective healing of body, mind, and spirit.
Visit www.menla.org for more information.

Holding Fast: Evening Screening, Performance and Discussion with
Creators
Randall Woolf, Mary Harron, John C. Walsh
Holding Fast, for violin and video, was created by filmmakers
Mary Harron, John C. Walsh and composer Randall Woolf. The
piece is both portrait of, and reflection on, the residents of the
Tibetan Self-help Center in Darjeeling, India. Cast out of their
homeland, living in a kind of limbo, the refugees are robbed of
the normal patterns of life. As the elders hold steadfast to their
traditions, television and the internet exert a pull on many
younger Tibetans away from their roots. Violinist Jennifer Choi
will perform the work, along with other music by Randall Woolf.
The artists will discuss the making of the film, shot on location
in the foothills of the Himalayas.
Friday, September 12, 7-9pm
$20 (Members $18)
Adventures in Tibet: Surfing, Diving, and Sailing at 3.2 Miles High
Benjamino “Gino Honolulu” d’Restredo
This evening “Gino” will give a slide lecture on his adventures
over and under the waters of the “completely unknown and
unexplored great mega-giant ocean salt water lakes of Tibet” with
special reference to his accidental discovery of, and subsequent
search for, “huge pre-historic deep water fish.” “Gino” seeks to
help preserve these lakes and their denizens.
Mondays, September 15 and 22, 7-9pm
Free: R.S.V.P.
Ayurveda: An Ancient Prescription For Healthy Living
Balancing Vata: Understanding Air Imbalance in the Body
Scott Gerson, MD, PhD
Two evenings with Ayurvedic physician and vaidya Scott Gerson.
Emphasizing roga nidaan (signs and symptoms) of Vata vikriti
(Vata imbalance), Dr. Gerson will engage participants as both the
patient and the doctor to interactively understand the symptoms
and conditions caused by imbalances of Vata, including various
digestive problems, anxiety and mental states, nervous conditions,
hormonal changes, skin conditions, auto-immune diseases and
metabolic effects, and what we can do to rebalance our system as
we enter Vata season (Fall and Winter). Books, Ayurvedic
massage oils, aroma oils, Ayurvedic teas, and select herbs will be
available.
Thursdays, September 18 and 25, 7-9pm
$50 (Members $45) / series
$25 (Members $23) / class
Darsan: a Channel to a Higher Awareness
Sridhar Shanmugam
The ancient Indian meditation technique of Darsan engages the
power of vision as a channel to higher awareness. Vision can be
experienced as the master sense; setting and regulating the entire
mind/body connection; clarity of vision and mind, body posture,
range of movement, stress, energy levels, and emotional well being
are all harmonized and balanced by vision, which acts as a kind of
control center. Through a series of eye movements and exercises
that have come down through the Indian art of dance, the beauty
and healing potential of vision will be introduced to the class.
Monday, October 6, 7-9pm
$20 (Members $18)

Vajra Yoga & Meditation in the Body; a Practical Focus on Pain
and Discomfort
Jill Satterfield
It’s a strange thing to focus on pain but sometimes there is no
other way to make peace with it. Physical pain is something
everyone experiences and few embrace. Some experience chronic
pain, chronic discomfort, which sometimes can’t be pushed away,
and no matter what we call it, or how we feel about it, it’s with us
like a barnacle. Fortunately, there are ways to work with pain in
the body, traditional techniques practiced for centuries:
meditation techniques, visualizations, and some physical practices
that can help. These practices also help us to change our mind
about pain and discomfort and be more at peace. This workshop
will instruct you in ways to work with what is present in your
own body.
Saturday, October 11, 11am–4pm
$100 (Members $90)
Storms Can’t Hurt Talk & Booksigning
Gabriel Cohen
Until now, no one has offered Buddhist principles as a healing
path through divorce. The author delves into his experience—
along with insights from Buddhist masters, parables, humor,
social science studies, and interviews with other divorcés—to
provide a practical and helpful guide to surviving the pain of any
romantic break-up. Focusing on the emotions most common in
the dissolution of a relationship—anger, resentment, loss, and
grief—Storms Can’t Hurt the Sky shows how thinking about these
feelings in surprisingly different ways can lead to a radically better
experience for anyone dealing with a break-up, or looking to
improve a current relationship.
Friday, November 7, 7–9pm
Free: R.S.V.P.
Modern Sounds in Traditional Sakha Music
German and Klavdia Khatylaev
The Khatylaevs’ spiritual folk music utilizes traditional
techniques from the long neglected musical practices of the
Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). This music includes imitations of
nature such as the songs and chirpings of birds, horses' hooves on
frozen lands, as well as ecstatic nays and breath, all mimicking the
overpowering sound of a natural world interwoven with the Sakha
culture, which contains mysteries and untold legends of former
nomads - www.khatylaev.sakhaopenworld.org.
Friday, November 14 and Saturday, November 15, 7–9pm
$20 (Members $18)
Tibetan Buddhist Intensive: Theory and Practice
Ven. Khenpo Karten Rinpoche
In this six part series, Ven. Khenpo Karten Rinpoche will teach a
practical and complete course in Tibetan Buddhism, presented
traditionally in a modern setting and format: (I) Introduction
and Overview of the Buddhist Path and Its Aims and Benefits,
(II) Introduction to Buddhist Ethics (The Ten Virtuous and
Non-virtuous Actions) and the Benefits of Its Practice; (III)
Basic Meditation Techniques: Breathing and Calm-Abiding
Meditation; (IV) Buddha’s First Teaching: The Four Noble
Truths; (V) Tibetan Teaching on the Six Stages of the Bardo
(Intermediate Existence Between Death and Rebirth); and, (VI)
The Advanced Tibetan Buddhist Practice of Ch’od (Meditation
Practice for Cutting Attachment). The classes will include time
for discussion, questions, and guided meditation.
Saturday & Sunday: December 6 , 7, 13, 14, 20, & 21, 10am–5pm
$60/day (No Member discount)

FA C U LT Y B I O S

(NYOC, THUS PROGRAMS)

Edizen Archer, a practitioner in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition since 1981, has
received training and transmission from many respected teachers, including Lama
Tharchin, Khenpo Karthar, H.E. Luding Khen, and others in all four sects. He
is the cofounder of 'Lila Yoga, Dharma & Wellness' on NYC's Bowery.

U Kyaw Myaing, MA, a retired senior diplomat who worked for many years with
the UN on humanitarian aid and other projects, is presently an advisor to NYC's
Mogok Insight Meditation Center, and is a long-time student of "weizza" and
other Burmese healing practices.

Deirdre Barrett, PhD, a psychologist teaching at Harvard Medical School’s
Behavioral Medicine Program, is the author of several books, including Trauma
and Dreams, and many articles and chapters on health, hypnosis, dreams, and stress,
including PTSD. She treated Kuwaitis suffering from PTSD after the first Gulf
War (described in her chapter in Psychological Effects of War on Civilian
Populations).

Miles Neale, PsyD, LMHC, a clinical psychologist who studied Buddhism in
monastic settings in Thailand, India, Sri Lanka and Nepal and has taught
mind/body health programs in university hospitals at Harvard, Columbia,
Cornell and in California, is currently a faculty member of the Nalanda Institute
for Contemplative Science.

Lt. Colonel Nancy B. Black, MD, based at Walter Reed Army Medical Center,
has worked with wounded and PTSD-affected veterans from the Vietnam,
Afghanistan and Iraq wars and their families and children, and is co-chair of the
Disaster and Trauma Committee for the American Academy of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry. She is a long-time student of Tibetan Buddhism.
William Bushell, PhD, has been researching the health-enhancing and anti-aging
effects of meditation and yoga for over 25 years at Harvard, MIT and Columbia,
as a Fulbright Scholar and at the Salk Institute. He has collaborated with Robert
Thurman and His Holiness the Dalai Lama on conferences and research projects.
Gabriel Cohen has written for the New York Times, Shambhala Sun, and many
other publications, and has taught writing at NYU. The author of three
novels, he lives in Brooklyn.
Benjamino “Gino Honolulu” d’Restredo is an Italian/Hawaiian/Columbian
bred explorer and activist, raised in Florida and the Hawaiian highlands and
waters.
Mark Epstein, MD, a NYC-based psychiatrist and the author of a number of
books on the interface of Buddhism and psychotherapy, including Thoughts Without
a Thinker, Open to Desire and his newest book, Psychotherapy Without the Self, is Clinical
Assistant Professor in the Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and
Psychoanalysis at NYU.
Scott Gerson is a MD, PhD (Ayu), a physician, meditation teacher, author, and
research scientist. Dr. Gerson is an associate professor at Pune University, Dept.
of Kayachikitsa (Internal Medicine) and clinical assistant professor at New York
Medical College, Dept. of Preventive Medicine.
Mary Harron studied English literature at Oxford. During the1980's she worked
in British television and directed many short films and documentaries for the
BBC and Channel 4. Her most well-know work is American Psycho, starring
Christian Bale, based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis.
Kenneth Kamler, MD, an NYC-based micro-surgeon who also practices extreme
medicine in some of the most remote regions on Earth, is a Director of the
Explorers Club, Explorer-in-Residence at the American Museum of Natural
History, and a consultant for NASA and National Geographic Adventure. He is
the author of Doctor on Everest and Surviving the Extremes.
Venerable Khenpo Karten Rinpoche was recognized as an incarnate lama and
educated in eastern Tibet under many high lamas before escaping into exile in
Nepal in 1997. In Nepal he continued his studies and practice and became
Abbot of Tsokyni Rinpoche’s Monastery. Presently, he has been teaching in
Taiwan and also in the US.
Ingrid Kemperman, MD is an NYC-based psychiatrist, long interested in
Buddhist teachings and mindfulness practices and their applications in
psychotherapeutic treatments. Known for her expertise in Dialectical Behavior
Therapy (DBT), she developed the DBT program at Cornell Medical Center
and has published widely on DBT.
Joe Loizzo, MD, PhD, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and Columbia-trained
Buddhist scholar with over thirty years' experience studying the effects of
meditation on healing and learning, is Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
in Complementary and Integrative Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College
and the founder of the Nalanda Institute.

Erin Olivo, PhD, MPH, a clinical psychologist specializing in the integration of
mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy, is Director of Columbia's
Integrative Medicine Program and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medical
Psychology in its Behavioral Medicine Program. She has extensive experience in
disaster mental health, through her involvement in the counselling of individuals
affected by 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and other disasters.
Phagyab Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist lama highly accomplished as a scholar,
practitioner, and teacher. Receiving advanced degrees and honors in the
traditionalTibetan monastic education system, he went on to focus on meditation
and yoga practice and was able to heal himself of a range of injuries and illnesses
resulting from persecution and refugee flight.
Rigdzin Dorje Rinpoche is the son and spiritual heir of the late, deeply revered
Kunzang Dechen Lingpa Rinpoche. His training included many years of solitary
retreat, especially practicing Chöd, and his use of this healing practice is
renowned as especially efficacious.
Jill Satterfield, founder of Vajra Yoga & Meditation (www.vajrayoga.com), has
been teaching yoga and meditation for 20 years. She lived with debilitating
chronic pain and illness for over 15 years, after enduring multiple surgeries
(13) and being informed that there was nothing more anyone could do for her
body or the pain. Of necessity, she began to research healing and, in the
process, to work with her mind. Healing beyond expectations, and completely
dispelling the pain, Satterfield gained some understanding, and humor, about
her own mind.
Sharon Salzberg, co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society, The Barre Center
for Buddhist Studies and The Forest Refuge, is one of the U.S.' leading
meditation teachers and the author of several books, including Faith: Trusting Your
Own Deepest Experience; Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness; and, most
recently, The Kindness Handbook.
Sridhar Shanmugam is Executive Director of The ARCH, Inc.
(www.thearch.us), a nonprofit organization which support use of the medium
of Indian classical dance and music as a means to strengthen the cultural and
goodwill bridge between India and the United States.
Granis Jane Stewart, RN, long affiliated with Harvard's Hospitals and
specializing in respiratory, critical care, and mental health nursing, has pursued
a lifelong study of meditation and advanced breath control practices. A member
of the International Medical Surgical Response Team, she has been deployed to
crises such as Hurricane Katrina, 9/11, typhoons in Guam, and earthquakes in
Iran and has traveled to a variety of remote and extreme environments as a
member of the Explorers Club.
Robert A.F. Thurman, PhD, is professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies at Columbia
University, President of Tibet House U.S., the translator of many philosophical
treatises and sutras, and author of numerous books including Inner Revolution; The
Jewel Tree of Tibet: the Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism; and most recently, Why
the Dalai Lama Matters.
John C. Walsh is an award winning graduate of the NYU film school. His first
film, Ed's Next Move, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1996. The film
was picked up and released that year by Orion Classics. Walsh's 2nd feature, Pipe
Dream was released in 2002 and starred Mary-Louise Parker and Martin Donovan.
Randall Woolf is composer-in-residence with the String Orchestra of New York
City, and a composer mentor for the Brooklyn Philharmonic.

From Staten Island to Shangri-La:
The Collecting Life of Jacques Marchais
Through December 31

SEPTEMBER 16South Asian Modern &
Contemporary Art
SEPTEMBER 16Masterpieces from the Zimmerman
Family Collection

SOTHEBY’S AUCTION
HOUSE
1334 York Avenue at 72nd St.
New York, NY
212.606.7000
www.sothebys.com
SEPTEMBER 17Contemporary Art Asian
SEPTEMBER 18Modern & Contemporary Indian Art
SEPTEMBER 19Indian & Southeast Asians Works of Art

RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART
150 West 17th St.
New York, NY
212.620.5000
www.rmanyc.org
MARCH 14 – OCTOBER 13
Nepal in Black and White:
Photographs by Kevin Bubriski
MARCH 14 – MARCH 16, 2009
From the Land of the Gods: Art of the
Kathmandu Valley
MAY 2 – OCTOBER 13
Red, Black, and Gold
SEPTEMBER 19, 2008 –
JANUARY 5, 2009
The Dragon’s Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan

HIS HOLINESS
T H E DA L A I
L A M A’ S
TEACHING
SCHEDULE

2008

2009

INDIA

INDIA

SEPTEMBER 25 - 27
Dharamsala, India
Teachings on Je Tsongkhapa's The
Great Treatise on the Stages of the
Path to Enlightenment
(lamrim chenmo)
www.dalailama.com

GERMANY
JULY 28 - 31
Frankfurt, Germany
Teachings on Kamalashila's The
Middling Stages of Meditation (gomrim
barpa).
www.dalailama-frankfurt.de
AUGUST 1 - 2
Frankfurt, Germany
Dialogue - One World, One Mind,
One Heart - on the subject of
global responsibilities followed by
a interfaith event & public talk.
www.dalailama-frankfurt.de
These dates represent the schedule
at the time of printing the
newsletter. Please check
www.dalailama.com for the latest
additions or changes.

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